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Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade

Setting the Record Straight

Eli Faber
Livre relié | Anglais | New Perspectives on Jewish Studies | n° 6
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Lays to rest the controversial myth of Jewish involvement in the slave trade

In the wake of the civil rights movement, a great divide opened up between African American and Jewish communities. What was historically a harmonious and supportive relationship suffered from a powerful and oft-repeated legend, that Jews controlled and masterminded the slave trade and owned slaves on a large scale, well in excess of their own proportion in the population.

In this groundbreaking book, likely to stand as the definitive word on the subject, Eli Faber cuts through this cloud of mystification to recapture an important chapter in both Jewish and African diasporic history.

Focusing on the British empire, Faber assesses the extent to which Jews participated in the institution of slavery through investment in slave trading companies, ownership of slave ships, commercial activity as merchants who sold slaves upon their arrival from Africa, and direct ownership of slaves. His unprecedented original research utilizes shipping and tax records, stock-transfer ledgers, censuses, slave registers, and synagogue records. These materials reveal, once and for all, the minimal nature of Jews' involvement in the subjugation of Africans in the Americas.

A crucial corrective, Jews, Slaves, and the Slave Trade lays to rest one of the most contested historical controversies of our time.

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Nombre de pages :
386
Langue:
Anglais
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n° 6

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EAN:
9780814726389
Date de parution :
01-08-98
Format:
Livre relié
Format numérique:
Genaaid
Dimensions :
161 mm x 235 mm
Poids :
689 g

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